National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Wiggly fishing lures 5. Insane

9. XML file

13. “Typee” sequel 14. Artificial butter 15. Derisively sarcastic 16. Spiked wheel

17. Claw

18. Ancient capital of Macedonia 19. Former prime minister of New Zealand

21. Catastroph­e

23. Wild animal’s dwelling place

24. Spectators at a court-tennis match

25. Approach

27. Frankfurte­r

31. Fabric stiffener

34. Woman’s shoe

37. Hot compress

38. Former name of Tokyo

39. ___ Trail

(it’s on Cape Breton Island)

41. Battery size

42. Mercury in alchemy

44. Former Canadian television host Petty

45. Fruit skin

46. Prehistori­c monument

48. Italian supermodel

50. University in Nova Scotia

53. Semite

56. Fore-and-aft sails

59. River in Ontario

61. Similar

62. Highest mountain in Tasmania

64. Transporta­tion fee

65. Warning device

66. Set of cards in a pack

67. Jazz singer Fitzgerald

68. Propagativ­e part of a plant

69. Unit of currency in Western Samoa

70. Ooze

DOWN

1. English singer Stone 2. Make do

3. Dutch cheese 4. Mute for a guitar 5. Beethoven’s birthplace

6. In the style of

7. Pico del ___ (mountain on Tenerife)

8. Not liquid or gas

9. Parliament of Israel

10. Cheerful song

11. Not working

12. Green skinned fruit

15. Romance language

20. Metal-bearing mineral

22. Tool for cutting wood

24. Priest of an ancient Celtic religion

26. Primate

28. Unclothed

29. Fencing sword

30. Fishing rod winder

31. Line of stitches

32. Woodworkin­g tool

33. Thug

35. Roman numeral for 1051

36. External ear

39. Swiss Chalet dish

40. Stop living

43. Expressed one’s gratitude

45. Robbers at sea

47. Former premier of Ontario

49. Part of a college yell

51. Scum on metal

52. Copy of a magazine

54. Soap substitute

55. Beautiful woman

56. Canadian singer Jordan

57. Ballet movement

58. River in England

59. Art gallery in London

60. Hockey’s ___ shot

63. Hockey’s ___ bin

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